Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1925, Page 65

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 16, 1925—PART 3. Hard-Boiled Cops MOTORNGINPAR | John Smith and His Car ||'ta Battimore Fut | BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. . is not selfish; rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad to Baltimore has placed a ban on the have exploited, in an interesting way, his experiences for the benefit of “hard-boiled” traftic cop. | | the other 10,000,000 or more members of the motor clan. i, "Be polite at all times, no matter | how trying the situation,” is the lat- | est advice of Capt. Stephen G. Nelson, | It was one of those days when|foolish questions,” Smith explained.| head of the Baltimore traffic squad, Smith would prefer to do anything un- [ “But it led to a point that interests |to the officers under his command. & der the sun rather than monkey with | me. We're trying to find where the The warning to the police is ap- ng Latter. | the car.” He had spent a busy week |engine is anchored to the frame at | plicable to their attitude not only to {and Sunday afternoon presented an |the front." motorists, but also to pedestrians. | excellent opportunity, he thought, to| The neighbor gave the engine a |Baltimore traffic policemen, according e |ride off the effects. But John h, | hasty inspection and explained the sit- | to Capt. Nelson, have their greatest Is the new idea con- | 5. "haq different ideas about it | vation difficulties with pedestrians, who in- tributed tc nobile ownership by | hat for?" son asked, look- | “This is what is called ‘three-point | sist on jay-walking. 2 ing a bit startled as though the engine | suspension,’” he said. “In other | On the other hand, Capt. Nelson that mc lation to golf is|y.4 cddenly acquired some new and | words, the engine is attached to the [urges all motorists to observe the more than a matter of convenient |, ieterious part. | frame’ on a triangular is; two 1egs | golden rule and refrain from “bawling transpor n to the links “What's what?"” Smith demanded, |at either side of the rear and one 1eg | out” the trafic cop. “Most drivers are not shooting par | ,mping out of the driver's seat to |in the front at the center. The rear | en the streets and highways, | have a closer view. | legs are extensions of the engine base one of the ““There is a tenden | "The boy pointed to a metal exten- |and bolt directly to the frame; but at t wny strokes per IS | sion which ran from each side of the |the front the engine rests on the cen- . and unnecessarily 0.” | rear of the engine to the frame. |ter of a steel cross-member of the ers in question are begin hese are the legs of the motor,” [frame. The advantage of this is that view a drive dow boule- | smith replied. ““How did you imagine |while the motor is held firmly attached Mixing Golf Idea With Driv- ing Results in Better- several otorists, who contend it is not well balanced, it will tend to loosen the bolts; and if one of these is allowed to remain loose the motor will develop a thumping noise which will be heard all over the car. Sometimes one of the rear legs may crack, with the same result. This can be welded. It is a good plan whenever the car has struck a particularly bad hole in the road, or been in a collision, to examine the motor base and legs for a crack. It isn’t 4 question of looking for trou- ble, but merely of forestalling the pos- sibility of serious trouble by catching it in its infancy.” posed of so many Inter: |the motor wgs attached to the frame, it is more flexible than If attached at holes, with a par of |anyvway?" two places at the front. or operations, to be taken bY | Byt where are the front legs?” the | “The front wheels cover very un the driver [boy atea |even surfaces at times, with the re According to one of them, the av- | . | sult that one wheel is sometimes six erage driver, unlike the golfer, does | Smith a Bit Puzzled. |inches higher than the other. The i on hazards. In the com-| gqoip just about to point to the | front springs take up most of this | metal casing of the timing gears when | inequality, but sometimes the frame | he noticed that they did not join the | has a tendency to warp. You can see frame. Hastily he looked around for 1t might happen to the engine if it something to point o, but, finding | Were rigidly attached to the channels T | nothing, he began to look puzzled. |0f the frame at the front instead of | Next week—Two and four cycle. Then he hesitated to the center of the cross-member. (Copyright, 1925.) block, where the com- | = +\avhe the front legs have broken | With ‘three-point suspension’ the front rsection present | om ™ son suggested. *And n dad, | of the engine is sort of pivoted to the Why can’t these two rear legs hold the | center of the cross-membey. It's| S to improve |engine themselves? The engine’s |Somewhat on the order of the boy's | hey show, s me |heavy enough to stay where you |Sled is often won on t ree mo- | put jt.” | Questions Not So Foolish. torist often stops short o white It is, eh?” Smith queried. “Well,| By this time Smith, jr., had slipped | oo line and then, going into low gear. 5 NG ) q vou've got another guess coming. How {away, but Smith, was taking in | th ‘ two | ; the flywheel at the rear of the | the details of “three-point suspensior . where one sh been | e; ? bu think an engine |and was ready to admit that foolish e ill if it wasn't bolted to | questions often lead to wise answer o Jo ven a rough road would | “These three points of suspen SrapgRIon |ousht to be examined occasionally. —formerly service manager of the inquirer started lw?::v- n(»::gyhl};ur‘ ;UMV’ t the B, C R MO!OI’ Co., has walt & minute,” Smith urged, | = taken over their shop at 22nd > find out wh 3 — and I\{f Sts., and isdu\ly _pre} motor . : T95] || pared for service and repaw o p here somewhere the mo ,fi!lf-flflkei' all makes of cars. s shaft and the up-and-down u‘(hh;’n its pistons would make it Gardner Service or how pos bounce at the front end." | “Just at that point a nelghbor hap. 2 . o e T a Specialty pened to notice Smith puzzling over If you've ever been obliged to ride|the motor and, thinking there was A LRI Wes 2007 in the ri 1 of a speedv road- | something wrong, stepped over to in . ottt t ? b 1 het ster you v he could help out veen 1 ing a lot of ) T = <+ < the ever-expanding preference of fastidious owner-folk has done it! 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